oration
oration 英 [ɔ:ˈreɪʃn] 美 [ɔˈreʃən, oˈre-]
n. 演说；致辞；叙述法
名词复数:orations
- An oration is a formal speech given in public. You might give the oration at the big party celebrating your grandparents’ 50th anniversary.
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- n. 演说；致辞；叙述法
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1. And above all, when you follow a 2-hour oration, remember to keep it short.
而更重要的是，当你前面一个演说者说了两个小时的时候，记住你的演说应该简短。
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2. The audience at Gettysburg probably responded very enthusiastically to Lincoln's short speech because they had just sat through a two-hour oration!
葛底斯堡演说的听众对于林肯的简短演说反应十分热情因为他们刚刚听了整整两个小时的演说。
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3. willmost please him: the opening lines of Machiavelli’sdedication recall the classical oration ToNicoles composed by the Greek rhetorician Isocrates.
最能讨君主欢心的事物： 马基雅维里这篇“题献”的开场白让人想起《致尼科洛》里的经典致辞，由古希腊修辞学家埃索克里特斯所写。
- oration (n.) late 14c., "prayer," from Late Latin orationem (nominative oratio) "a speaking, speech, discourse; language, faculty of speech, mode of expressing; prayer," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin orare "to pray, plead, speak before an assembly" (see orator). Meaning "formal speech, discourse" first recorded c. 1500.
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